Add to ORKGIt would be terrible for us if humanity ceased to exist after we all die. But of course, eventually humanity will go out of existence. Does this result in a vicious regress if our flourishing hangs on what happens after us? Mark Johnston thinks so. In this note, I explain how Johnston's objection can be avoided. Briefly, our activities have a meaning horizon that extends for some generations after us. What matters is that we make a positive difference to the lives of those generations, not that they themselves necessarily flourish
In his recent book, Death and the Afterlife, Samuel Scheffler argues that it matters greatly to us t...
In Death and the Afterlife (2013), Samuel Scheffler has argued that without the expectation that hum...
There are different ways in which we might want more of life. We might want to live on, perhaps fore...
It would be terrible for us if humanity ceased to exist after we all die. But of course, eventually ...
We find meaning and value in our lives by engaging in everyday projects. But, according to a recent ...
In Death and the Afterlife (2013), Samuel Scheffler has argued that without the expectation that hum...
Samuel Scheffler has recently defended what he calls the ‘afterlife conjecture’, the claim that many...
Death has always been considered as an inevitable yet ‘’unpleasant’’ conclusion to one’s lifelong jo...
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In his seminal reflection on the badness of death, Nagel links it to the permanent loss “of whatever...
It is often argued, most recently by Samuel Scheffler, that we should reconcile with our mortality a...
Temporal nihilism is the view that our lives won’t matter after we die. According to the standard in...
In his recent book, Death and the Afterlife, Samuel Scheffler argues that it matters greatly to us t...
In Death and the Afterlife (2013), Samuel Scheffler has argued that without the expectation that hum...
There are different ways in which we might want more of life. We might want to live on, perhaps fore...
It would be terrible for us if humanity ceased to exist after we all die. But of course, eventually ...
We find meaning and value in our lives by engaging in everyday projects. But, according to a recent ...
In Death and the Afterlife (2013), Samuel Scheffler has argued that without the expectation that hum...
Samuel Scheffler has recently defended what he calls the ‘afterlife conjecture’, the claim that many...
Death has always been considered as an inevitable yet ‘’unpleasant’’ conclusion to one’s lifelong jo...
What does it take for one to truly flourish? Is happiness enough? In this brief discourse, I explore...
Does our life have value for us after we die? Despite the importance of such a question, many would ...
In his seminal reflection on the badness of death, Nagel links it to the permanent loss “of whatever...
It is often argued, most recently by Samuel Scheffler, that we should reconcile with our mortality a...
Temporal nihilism is the view that our lives won’t matter after we die. According to the standard in...
In his recent book, Death and the Afterlife, Samuel Scheffler argues that it matters greatly to us t...
In Death and the Afterlife (2013), Samuel Scheffler has argued that without the expectation that hum...
There are different ways in which we might want more of life. We might want to live on, perhaps fore...